An Oklahoma inmate convicted of murdering a teenager who belonged to a nonviolent religious sect remains scheduled for execution, despite a parole board’s finding that he doesn’t deserve to die.
Tremane Wood, 46, is set to be executed by lethal injection on Thursday, Nov. 13, for the 2001 killing of 19-year-old Ronnie Wipf, who was stabbed in the heart during an ambush robbery at an Oklahoma City Ramada Inn. Wood’s brother Zjaiton “Jake” Wood confessed to the crime, while Tremane Wood has always maintained his innocence.
Tremane Wood also had a poor defense attorney at trial, his current lawyers argued to the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board. The board granted clemency to Wood in a 3-2 vote on Nov. 5…